Khan Bayanchur of Mongolia

Khan Bayanchur of Mongolia (727-1 June 759) was the Khan of the Uyghur Khaganate from 747 to 759, succeeding Khan Qutlugh I of Mongolia and preceding Khan Tengri Bogu of Mongolia.

Biography
Bayanchur was born in 727 to the Tengri Yaghlakar Uyghurs, a clan that came to rule the Uyghur Khaganate under his father Khan Qutlugh I of Mongolia in 744. Bayanchur succeeded his father upon his death in 747, and in 751 he founded the capital of Ordu-Baliq in present-day central Mongolia. In 756 the Tang dynasty called for help in putting down the An Lushan Rebellion, during which An Lushan's Great Yan dynasty fought the Tang. Bayanchur helped to liberate Chang'an from the rebels, and he fought both against Chinese rebels and rival tribes. He fought the Yenisei Kirghiz in 758, destroying their trading outposts before slaughtering one of their armies and killing their khan. He died in 759 after a successful expedition in the Sayan Mountains by drinking heavily at a celebration, and he was succeeded by Khan Tengri Bogu of Mongolia.